St George Ironman Triathlon
2009 March 30
Ford Ironman St. George
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People From Bury St Edmunds $27.74 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ouida, Humphry Repton, Charles James Blomfield, Bob Hoskins, Chrissie Wellington, James Moore, Stephen Gardiner, Richard Aungerville, William Symonds, Nick Burton, Guy Simonds, Peter Hall, Ian Pearce, James Scowcroft, Bob Blizzard, Matthew Vaughn, Hiram Codd, Richard Logan, Becky Jago, Sue Ryder, John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, Kate Jackson, Jon Rigby, Joseph Payne, Alban Roe, Harrison Oxley, James Krause, Charles Valentine le Grice, Richard Gwyn, James George Deck, Freddie Sore, Jimmy Neil, Jocelyn de Brakelond, Kate Peyton, Honor Tracy, Frank Smith, Ed Upson, Michael Maloney, Francis Dunnell, Greg Mcdonald, Henry Crabb Robinson, Jon Ridgeon, Heather Deeley, Jo Jennings, Sharon Hunt, Tom Youngs, James Lowe, James Adams, Nicholas Battely, Percy Greg, Justin Bishop. Excerpt: Christine Ann Wellington (born 18 February 1977), also known as Chrissie Wellington, is an English triathlete who is the world record holder for ironman-distance triathlon races. She is the current and three-time Ironman Triathlon World Champion, having won the World Championship consecutively in 2007, 2008 and 2009. She is noted for having won the World Championship less than a year after turning professional, an achievement which has been described as “a remarkable feat, deemed to be a near impossible task for any athlete racing as a rookie at their first Ironman World Championships.” She is also the first British athlete to hold the Ironman Triathlon World Championship, and remains undefeated over the Ironman distance. In addition to the Ironman titles, she was also the 2006 ITU Age Group World Champion and the 2008 ITU long-distance World Champion. Christine Wellington was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk and grew up in Feltwell, a small village in Norfolk. She wa… More: |
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